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Managed care
A health care practice intended to streamline services and provide high quality, cost-effective care.
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interface
Health care; Managed care
A means of communication between two computer systems, two soft ware applications, or two modules. Real-time interface is a key element in health care information systems because of the need to ...
indicator
Health care; Managed care
A measure of a specific component of a health improvement strategy. An indicator can reflect an activity implemented to address a particular health issue, such as the number of children aged 2 years ...
adjusted admissions
Health care; Managed care
A measure of all patient care activity undertaken in a hospital, both inpatient and outpatient. Adjusted admissions are equivalent to the sum of inpatient admissions and an estimate of the volume of ...
mortality
Health care; Managed care
A measure of deaths in a given population, location, or other grouping of interest. In insurance, the relative incidence of death as measured within a given age group.
consumer price index (CPI)
Health care; Managed care
A measure of the core rate of inflation, according to a diverse market basket of goods and services.
consumer price medical index (CPMI)
Health care; Managed care
A measure of the core rate of medical and health care services inflation, according to a diverse market basket of health care goods and medical services.
physician’s work
Health care; Managed care
A measure of the physician’s time, physical effort and skill, mental effort and judgment, and stress from iatrogenic risk associated with providing a medical service; as a component of the Medicare ...
